Everyone I know agrees that the Rotor has problems. I'll put my Halos against any Rotors any day, and I'll prove which is the superior loader. A Halo is faster, more reliable, less jam prone and 1/3 the price. Its also noob proof. Put batteries in it, turn it on and go. You don't have to mess with anything out of the box.

Everyone I know agrees that the Rotor has problems. I'll put my Halos against any Rotors any day, and I'll prove which is the superior loader. A Halo is faster, more reliable, less jam prone and 1/3 the price. Its also noob proof. Put batteries in it, turn it on and go. You don't have to mess with anything out of the box.

Dude you are crazy but like the other guy said, to each his own I guess lol.

Everyone I know agrees that the Rotor has problems. I'll put my Halos against any Rotors any day, and I'll prove which is the superior loader. A Halo is faster, more reliable, less jam prone and 1/3 the price. Its also noob proof. Put batteries in it, turn it on and go. You don't have to mess with anything out of the box.

The only factual part of that statement is that the halo costs less than the rotor.

I've owned both Halo and Rotor hoppers. The halo is bigger, harder to maintenance, doesn't feed as fast or as nicely, requires more batteries (6 double aa's) and eats them up faster than the rotor does. The rotor is sleeker, battery efficient (3 double aas- I play literally every weekend and have not replaced the batteries yet this year), feeds faster, rarely jams (I have jammed a total of 2 times with this hopper-once, when it was near 100 degrees, and I was using crappy paint, the paint swelled and jammed in the hopper; the other time it rained and I had a speedfeed on, so the paint got wet and mushy, and thus jammed the hopper).

Everyone I know agrees that the Rotor has problems. I'll put my Halos against any Rotors any day, and I'll prove which is the superior loader. A Halo is faster, more reliable, less jam prone and 1/3 the price. Its also noob proof. Put batteries in it, turn it on and go. You don't have to mess with anything out of the box.

No. Its well known that, when on a marker, a V35 Halo with 6 AAs is a faster feeder than the Rotor. Its simple. The motor is twice the size and works on twice the voltage. It is less over-geared than the Rotor and the feed tract has a larger drop area.

A Halo is heavier. It does crack. It uses batteries faster *because* of its much larger motor. It isn't as quick to take apart. However if you can't take a Halo apart then you need to find a different sport. People squalling about disassembly are just looking for reasons to attack something.

A Halo is faster. A Halo is far less likely to jam. A Halo is far cheaper to buy. A Halo with Rip Drive can still feed if you experience an electrical failure(wet board, dead batteries, etc). If you do have a jam(something extraordinarily rare) a quick turn will clear ANY jam. There will never be a reason to open it on the field.

If a Rotor works for an entire match, I'd rather have it. Even though a Halo is faster there is never a need for it on a controlled field. Both can feed 12bps and the Rotor is lighter with less of a profile. However knowing that there is a good chance it won't work, I'd rather pay the small penalties and carry a Halo.

If you burned two motors out of a Halo then there was user error. The motors are FAR superior to the Rotor's servo motor. A Halo used a can motor. It runs cooler, faster and longer than a servo motor.

You've had more jams out of your Rotor at 75 cases than I have out of different Halos with over 200 cases. I've had one. It was because of a Siamese twin paintball.

why has no one mentioned the prophecy yet? pretty much eliminated all the cons of the halo's, and when empty its actually lighter than a rotor, when loaded holds a lot more than a rotor, has a better lid and speedfeed than a rotor, and costs less. rotor is a little easier to take apart, but its a bit of a moot point because in reality youll hardly ever have to do more than take the nose off a prophecy to clean the inside. rotor does get better battery life, around twice what a prophecy gets. its a good aspect for sure, but if its the cost of batteries your worried about then just buy a decent pair of rechargeables and be done with it.

however to answer the original question, in my opinion, if you already have a rotor and like it, i see no reason to spend the extra money on the board upgrades. personally i think considering the rotors price tag that board should have came stock to begin with. thats what, almost $250 for a hopper after that upgrade? prophecy was fully adjustable right out of the box, and costed $130 new.

No. Its well known that, when on a marker, a V35 Halo with 6 AAs is a faster feeder than the Rotor. Its simple. The motor is twice the size and works on twice the voltage. It is less over-geared than the Rotor and the feed tract has a larger drop area.

A Halo is heavier. It does crack. It uses batteries faster *because* of its much larger motor. It isn't as quick to take apart. However if you can't take a Halo apart then you need to find a different sport. People squalling about disassembly are just looking for reasons to attack something.

A Halo is faster. A Halo is far less likely to jam. A Halo is far cheaper to buy. A Halo with Rip Drive can still feed if you experience an electrical failure(wet board, dead batteries, etc). If you do have a jam(something extraordinarily rare) a quick turn will clear ANY jam. There will never be a reason to open it on the field.

If a Rotor works for an entire match, I'd rather have it. Even though a Halo is faster there is never a need for it on a controlled field. Both can feed 12bps and the Rotor is lighter with less of a profile. However knowing that there is a good chance it won't work, I'd rather pay the small penalties and carry a Halo.

If you burned two motors out of a Halo then there was user error. The motors are FAR superior to the Rotor's servo motor. A Halo used a can motor. It runs cooler, faster and longer than a servo motor.

You've had more jams out of your Rotor at 75 cases than I have out of different Halos with over 200 cases. I've had one. It was because of a Siamese twin paintball.

a halo thats set up properly can be plenty fast. modded ones got flat out rediculous. while he may be being a little biased he isnt trolling. hes just comparing things from a practical and economical standpoint. yes rotors are nice, but even though halos are pretty old now they still keep up just fine if you dont feel like spending $200 on a hopper. yes you lose a couple of the more up-to-date conveniences, but you also save a ton of money.

a halo thats set up properly can be plenty fast. modded ones got flat out rediculous. while he may be being a little biased he isnt trolling. hes just comparing things from a practical and economical standpoint. yes rotors are nice, but even though halos are pretty old now they still keep up just fine if you dont feel like spending $200 on a hopper. yes you lose a couple of the more up-to-date conveniences, but you also save a ton of money.

The reason I bought a rotor is because I had so many problems with the Halo. Ever since I bought one in 2008, it has been my hopper since. I'd say that is a pretty good investment

a halo thats set up properly can be plenty fast. modded ones got flat out rediculous. while he may be being a little biased he isnt trolling. hes just comparing things from a practical and economical standpoint. yes rotors are nice, but even though halos are pretty old now they still keep up just fine if you dont feel like spending $200 on a hopper. yes you lose a couple of the more up-to-date conveniences, but you also save a ton of money.

That's true, but that changes his statement from:

"The halo is superior to the rotor"
to
"The halo is a superior value to the rotor"

The Rotor, without a doubt, is one of the few items in paintball which is better WITHOUT ANY upgrades.

Simply put.

Well... the SEED kit may improve it, but you are constantly compromising with it and the kit costs as much as a Rotor does, so it's retarded and kind of... well... worthless.

Virtue board is nice, but it doesn't do the job, literally, any better than the stock board.

Virtue softcycle arms are cool, but it is more prone to jamming your loader in anything but the optimal of weather conditions.

i agree with what he said, but i did put a virtue board into my rotor for ONE reason. i love the rotor, best hopper ever. there is one thing i dont like about it though the fact that if you dont load it quickly, it will turn off, with the virtue board you can change that, and also the other adjustable features are nice, but i got it for the ability to not have to turn it on again.